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November 2004, Vol. 127, No.11

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Barlevy, Gadi, Estimating Models of On-the-Job Search Using Record Statistics. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 48 pp. (Working Paper 10146) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Dessein, Wouter and Tano Santos, The Demand for Coordination. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 52 pp. (Working Paper 10056) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Fryer Jr., Roland G. and Glenn C. Loury, Categorical Redistribution in Winner-Take-All Markets. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 26 pp. (Working Paper 10104) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hall, Robert E., Corporate Earnings Track the Competitive Benchmark. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 31 pp. (Working Paper 10150) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Hsu, Jason C. and Eduardo S. Schwartz, A Model of R&D Valuation and the Design of Research Incentives. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 64 pp. (Working Paper 10041) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Syverson, Chad, Product Substitutability and Productivity Dispersion. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 41 pp. (Working Paper 10049) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Economic growth and development

Azoulay, Pierre, Acquiring Knowledge Within and Across Firm Boundaries: Evidence from Clinical Development. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 41 pp. (Working Paper 10083) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Beegle, Kathleen, Rajeev Dehejia, and Roberta Gatti, Child Labor, Crop Shocks, and Credit Constraints. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 36 pp. (Working Paper 10088) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Bernal, Raquel and Mauricio Cardenas, Determinants of Labor Demand in Colombia: 1976–1996. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 51 pp. (Working Paper 10077) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Carey, Dennis C. and Dayton, The Human Side of M&A: How CEOs Leverage the Most Important Asset in Deal Making. New York, Oxford University Press, 2004, 224 pp., $26.

Hamermesh, Daniel S. and Jungmin Lee, Stressed Out on Four Continents: Time Crunch or Yuppie Kvetch? Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 40 pp. (Working Paper 10186) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Heckman, James and Carmen Pagés, Law and Employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 133 pp. (Working Paper 10129) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Houseman, Susan and Machiko Osawa, eds., Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies: Causes and Consequences. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2003, 520 pp., $70/cloth; $26/paperback.

Meyer, Donald J., ed., The Economics of Risk. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2003, 192 pp., $40/cloth; $15/paperback.

Abraham, Katharine G. and Melissa A. Clark, Financial Aid and Students’ College Decisions: Evidence from the District of Columbia’s Tuition Assistance Grant Program. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 34 pp. (Working Paper 10112) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Black, Sandra E., Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes, Why the Apple Doesn’t Fall Far: Understanding the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 47 pp. (Working Paper 10066), $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Chay, Kenneth Y., Patrick J. McEwan, and Miguel Urquiola, The Central Role of Noise in Evaluating Interventions That Use Test Scores to Rank Schools. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 30 pp. (Working Paper 10118) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Creedy, John, The Economics of Higher Education: An Analysis of Taxes versus Fees. Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 1995, 152 pp., $95/hardcover.

Fryer Jr., Roland G., Glenn C. Loury, and Tolga Yuret, Color-Blind Affirmative Action. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 38 pp. (Working Paper 10103) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Gaquin, Deirdre A. and Katherine A. DeBrandt, eds., The Almanac of American Education 2004. Lanham, MD, Bernan Press, 2004, 353 pp., $49/softcover.

Goldin, Claudia and Lawrence Katz, Mass Secondary Schooling and the State: The Role of State Compulsion in the High School Movement. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 46 pp. (Working Paper 10075) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Gronau, Reuben, Zvi Griliches’ Contribution to the Theory of Human Capital. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 45 pp. (Working Paper 10081) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Oreopoulos, Philip, Do Dropouts Drop Out Too Soon? International Evidence from Changes in School-Leaving Laws. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 41 pp. (Working Paper 10155) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Oreopoulos, Philip, Marianne E. Page, and Ann Huff Stevens, Does Human Capital Transfer from Parent to Child? The Intergenerational Effects of Compulsory Schooling. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 46 pp. (Working Paper 10164) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Whitebook, Marcy and Laura Sakai, By a Thread: How Child Care Centers Hold On to Teachers, How Teachers Build Lasting Careers. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2004, 145 pp., $40/cloth; $16/paperback.

Aitchison, Will, The FMLA: Understanding the Family and Medical Leave Act. Portland, OR, Labor Relations Information System Publications, 2003, 320 pp., $39.95/paperback.

Hogler, Raymond, Employment Relations in the United States: Law, Policy, and Practice. Thousand Oaks, , Sage Publications, Inc., 2004, 301 pp., $42.95/softcover.

Davidson, Carl and Steven J. Matusz, International Trade and Labor Markets: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2004, 145 pp., $40/cloth; $16/paperback.

Klein, Michael W., Scott Schuh, and Robert K. Triest, Job Creation, Job Destruction, and International Competition. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2003, 216 pp., $40/cloth.

Dooley, David and Joann Prause, The Social Costs of Underemployment: Inadequate Employment as Disguised Unemployment. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 274 pp., $65/hardback.

Dunne, Timothy, Entrant Experience and Plant Exit. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 40 pp. (Working Paper 10133) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Holmes, Thomas J. and Matthew F. Mitchell, A Theory of Factor Allotion and Plant Size. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 48 pp. (Working Paper 10079) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Almazan, Andreas, Adolfo de Motta, and Sheridan Titman, Firm Lotion and the Creation and Utilization of Human Capital. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 46 pp. (Working Paper 10106) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Azoulay, Pierre, Agents of Embeddedness. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 47 pp. (Working Paper 10142) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Huber, George P., The Necessary Nature of Future Firms: Attributes of Survivors in a Changing World. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications, Inc., 2004, 307 pp., $34.95/paperback.

Kruse, Douglas, Richard Freeman, Joseph Blasi, Robert Buchele, Adria Scharf, Loren Rodgers, and Chris Mackin, Motivating Employee-Owners in ESOP Firms: Human Resource Policies and Company Performance. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 33 pp. (Working Paper 10177) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Nalbantian, Haig R., Richard A. Guzzo, Dave Kieffer, and Jay Doherty, Play to Your Strengths: Managing Your Internal Labor Markets for Lasting Competitive Advantage. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2004, 274 pp., $24.95/cloth.

Potts, Rebecca and Jeanenne LaMarsh, Master Change, Maximize Success: Effective Strategies for Realizing Your Goals. San Francisco, Chronicle Books LLC, 2004, 160 pp., $16.95/paperback.

Anderson, Patricia M. and Bruce D. Meyer, Unemployment Insurance Tax Burdens and Benefits: Funding Family Leave and Reforming the Payroll Tax. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 30 pp. (Working Paper 10043) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Acemoglu, Daron and Joshua Linn, Market Size in Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 57 pp. (Working Paper 10038) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Bryson, John R., Peter W. Daniels, and Barney Warf, Service Worlds: People, Organisations, Technologies. London and New York, Routledge, 2004, 286 pp., $31.95/softcover.

Head, Simon, The New Ruthless Economy: Work and Power in the Digital Age. New York, Oxford University Press, 2003, 222 pp., $28/cloth.

Schwartz, Eduardo S., Patents and R&D as Real Options. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 50 pp. (Working Paper 10114) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Van Biesebroeck, Johannes, Revisiting Some Productivity Debates. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 46 pp. (Working Paper 10065) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Social institutions and social change

Becker, Patricia C., ed., Social Change in America: The Historical Handbook 2004. Lanham, MD, Bernan Press, 2004, 146 pp., $49/softcover.

Stevenson, Betsey and Justin Wolfers, Bargaining in the Shadow or the Law: Divorce Laws and Family Distress. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 32 pp. (Working Paper 10175) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Flatau, Paul, Matt Forbes, Patric H. Hendershott, and Gavin Wood, Homeownership and Unemployment: The Roles of Leverage and Public Housing. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 50 pp. (Working Paper 10021) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Blau, David M. and Donna B. Gilleskie, The Role of Retiree Health Insurance in the Employment Behavior of Older Men. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 55 pp. (Working Paper 10100) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Carneiro, Pedro, James J. Heckman, and Dimitriy V. Masterov, Labor Market Discrimination and Racial Differences in Premarket Factors. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 60 pp. (Working Paper 10068) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Mortensen, Dale T., Wage Dispersion: Why Are Similar Workers Paid Differently? Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 2004, 160 pp., $30/cloth.

Welfare programs and social insurance

Bitler, Marianne P., Jonah B. Gelbach, and Hilary W. Hoynes, What Means Impacts Miss: Distribution Effects of Welfare Reform Experiments. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 57 pp. (Working Paper 10121) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Chan, Sewin and Ann Huff Stevens, What You Don’t Know Can’t Help You: Pension Knowledge and Retirement Decision Making. Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 2003, 41 pp. (Working Paper 10185) $10 per copy, plus $10 for postage and handling outside the United States.

Worker training and development

Giloth, Robert P., ed., Workforce Intermediaries for the Twenty-first Century. Philadelphia, PA, Temple University Press, 2003, 432 pp., $39.50/cloth.

Landis, Dan, Janet M. Bennett, and Milton J. Bennett, eds., Handbook of Intercultural Training Third Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications, Inc., 2004, 528 pp., $69.95/softcover.

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